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evocation

noun as in summoning

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Top U.S. officials contribute with their daily evocation of saintly principles that the United States itself has often defied.

Border Town, by Shen Congwen—a beautiful evocation of rural China in the 1930s.

The best thing about it is its evocation of civilian life in the 1940s, both in the U.S. and Australia.

For all the evocation of history, it is important to note that the groups sponsoring these rallies are newly created.

And an embellished event can be closer to the truth than factual precision, if its evocation is infused with intuitive wisdom.

For such intensity of evocation is as contagious as an enthusiasm or a panic.

In strictness, the business of poetry should not be called imitation at all, but rather evocation.

Lizzie sat silent, spellbound, as she listened, by the sudden evocation of Mr. Jackson Benn.

Never was ripe skill less mechanical, and never was the faculty of perpetual evocation less addicted to prudent economies.

As if answering an evocation, the opals passed before him in a vision.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to evocation, such as: conjuration, invocation, summons, and calling forth.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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